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Great GAA Songs - 2 Like(s)
Replying To GreenandRed: "There's loads of GAA songs too. But not many from 2025. I never heard of Kingfishr til a few months ago and was a bit wary of 'indie folk' and still am about some of it! Great song that could be about any parish team. They hit home with the youngsters so maybe we're not old, we're just older.
'They'd go raring and tearing and fighting for love
For the land they call Killeagh and the Lord up above
Killeagh, la
La-la, la, la-la-la, la-la-la
For the green and the white I adore
For the parish to last evermore'
https://youtu.be/TUn6njI7DyQ?is=1Y7TWq6kJWQjf7nJ" That's pitiful stuff alltogether
Bon (National) - 19/08/2026 16:48:23
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "Rabbitte at 6ft 4 should be more comfortable with high ceilings too." I see what you did their ; >
ColmFlaherty (National) - 19/08/2026 13:47:38
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ACL Injuries - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Kew: "The GAA spend millions on coaching but have they addressed fitness? How many coaches are telling players what to do and it's all wrong ? Coaching poorly is one thing but weights training poorly is risky. Maybe it's time GAA change some of the funding routes ?" I play Aussie Rules for the past few years in Melbourne at the equivalent of "a good club" level. I was talking to the club S&C coach one evening and showed him the pre-season schedule for a club player. He nearly fell off the seat. His very words were "why are coaches putting that sort of load on the body? You need 6-8 week max of pre-season in any sport, that training schedule is a recipe for injuries".
He said even American Football players do gym work in April/May for a season that starts in August.
You would love to see the MISCP or some professional body provide some oversight on some of these charlatans doing S&C but its not a regulated industry so anybody can call themselves S&C.
StoreysTash (National) - 19/08/2026 14:08:41
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ACL Injuries - 1 Like(s)
Replying To McMon: "My own experience, dealing with clients who have moved away from this type of training and their injuries have stopped" Clients? What clients? What are your professional qualifications?
Cockney_Cat (National) - 19/08/2026 14:26:54
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ACL Injuries - 1 Like(s)
Replying To StoreysTash: "I play Aussie Rules for the past few years in Melbourne at the equivalent of "a good club" level. I was talking to the club S&C coach one evening and showed him the pre-season schedule for a club player. He nearly fell off the seat. His very words were "why are coaches putting that sort of load on the body? You need 6-8 week max of pre-season in any sport, that training schedule is a recipe for injuries".
He said even American Football players do gym work in April/May for a season that starts in August.
You would love to see the MISCP or some professional body provide some oversight on some of these charlatans doing S&C but its not a regulated industry so anybody can call themselves S&C." NFL players do gym work all year round. Im surprised at your coach saying that to be honest.
Premier League soccer players snd professional rugby players likewise do gym work all year round.
Even fat 55 year old mechanics like me do gym work all year round if they go to a gym at all. And I dont go because I want get bigger, I was always pretty naturally big. I was near 6 foot tall and heading up towards 15 stone when I was 14.
There's no point doing gym work in a stop start manner, you lose all your gains in a very short period of time.
And another myth is that everyone who goes to a gym goes there to get bigger. Yes, many lads do, but many top professional athletes dont. It depends what the demands of their particular position or sport are, what they want to achieve, do they want to get faster, etc etc. Some people I know are on gym programmes to lose weight and body mass, to de- bulk. And they arent fat to start with. There's no 1 gym programme that fits all. As you say it should be better regulated. I know of clubs who have had lads in who wouldn't do tailored individual programmes at all. They should be shown the door straight away.
Viking66 (National) - 19/08/2026 14:55:55
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Longford GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To B&G: "If we do indeed go to 10 teams. Two groups of 5. I hope that it will not be Top t in each group in QF. This will remove competitiveness with 4 from 5 qualifying. They should have group winners in semi final and second and third in each group in a QF. Then bottom 2 teams in each group in relegation playoff.
Perhaps with bottom team relegated and Intermediate champions coming up. The team who finishes second bottom in relegation playoff play Intermediate runner up This will introduce more risk in senior relegation playoff." I reckon they will stop at 10 and not reduce further. I can see arguments for keeping it at 10 as going lower takes out any quarter final stage completely. In the 10 scenario, I agree that top in each group should push on to semi-final with second and third playing it out to decide who plays them in that semis. Having 4 from a group of 5 going thru doesn't drive teams to be competitive throughout the group stage IMO - much better to have 3 of 5 from each going thru. The bottom team from each group then play in relegation final to decide who goes down.
Problem is clubs have to agree to that and stick with it, even when they end up in that relegation final.
We will all be in that final at some point with a smaller championship size. Normalising going down and coming back up will be good for football in the county as it will keep intermediate competitive too and mix things up more regularly. Intermediate has had lots of tight games in recent years, but the measure of whether it is competitive in any real sense comes when we face our peers in Leinster, and we score very poorly on that front at the moment.
Eugene is entitled to his view, and he is a man I respect and who has more than earned the right to have a view on it too. I just don't agree him on this. Nothing wrong with a mix of views I suppose, or robust and respectful debate on it.
LongfordgaaAbú (National) - 19/08/2026 15:20:48
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Great GAA Songs - 1 Like(s)
Replying To GreenandRed: "There's loads of GAA songs too. But not many from 2025. I never heard of Kingfishr til a few months ago and was a bit wary of 'indie folk' and still am about some of it! Great song that could be about any parish team. They hit home with the youngsters so maybe we're not old, we're just older.
'They'd go raring and tearing and fighting for love
For the land they call Killeagh and the Lord up above
Killeagh, la
La-la, la, la-la-la, la-la-la
For the green and the white I adore
For the parish to last evermore'
https://youtu.be/TUn6njI7DyQ?is=1Y7TWq6kJWQjf7nJ" Sweet suffering Jimbo, they'd let anything pass as music these days. Even the Mayo songs are a notch above that drivel.
foreveryoung (National) - 19/08/2026 17:11:43
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Kerry 2022-Current Team Better Than 04-09 Team? - 1 Like(s)
Replying To TheUsername: "The current Kerry team are to one dimensional, everything is telegraphed to Clifford, Kerry and he have lost more finals then they and will win because of their reliance.
Hel get his usual 1.whatever, but I'd rather have a front 6/playing as a team and scoring that + anyway, then one very good player everything is fed into.
This generation has lost a lot of finals now and they haven't really beaten any "great" team in a final.
Maybe the Mayo team are just starting as opposed to finishing, while Dublin enjoy their well deserved rest after their decade + of achieving deeds of immortality" The 2025 qfinal v Armagh showed how devastating Kerry could be when they go after a game.
They havent done that since, as they didnt have to as everyone stood off them after that.
Then Mayo stepped up and gave them a challenge they werent ready for.
If you look at Cliffords heat map for most of his matched this season, he stays in one corner of the field.
For Kerry to unleash their full attacking power, they need a game plan that uses 3/4 scorers, with Clifford roaming the entire attacking half so they are less predicable. They will also have to demand some tackling from their forwards.
Clifford is more Lebron James than Michael Jordan. Doesnt do defence and all attacks must go through him on his terms.
Playing the way they are playing, CLifford will get the scoring record (like Lebron) and play a long time (as he isnt asked to play both ways) but wont win as many All Irelands as other great players.
Kerry and Clifford need to decide which is more important - CLifford winning individual awards or the team winning all irelands.
tirawleybaron (National) - 19/08/2026 18:40:54
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Moycullen have an unbelievable team but if 4 or 5 players on the pitch aren't from Moycullen it definitely lessens the achievement imo. Some transfers seem genuine but Johnny Maloney is much closer to Michael's for example, I'm told Gallagher hasn't moved back to Galway as such just transfered back to Moycullen (open to correction). It's a hard area to police but I think maybe like Irish basketball where you could only have maybe 2 transfers on the pitch at any one time. Having 4/5 really takes away the parochial nature of the GAA.
3rdmantackle (National) - 19/08/2026 20:34:01
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Great GAA Songs - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Bon: "That's pitiful stuff alltogether" I saw a video recently of young fella singing it from phone after club victory.
That's pretty depressing really...
BarneyGrant (National) - 19/08/2026 21:41:08
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International Rules - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Bon: "The bottom line is that it's a fantastic opportunity for any young guy or girl to turn down, if he never makes a bob out of it or makes a name for himself there. It's about an experience. How many people get the opportunity to go to Australia play a bit of ball and get paid to do so, and not have to work on a building site or some other menial carry on.
If it doesn't work out it so be it, at least you go and try these things. Life's too short to not take opportunities that are handed to you." 100% agree with that.
I'd add that the main problem with AFL is that they come for players once they are starting to make the break through into the public eye. Plenty of players have gone through GAA nurseries but chosen to try and make a break through in other sports (Ruby or Soccer) at the age of 14 or 15 and there is not a lot said about it. Either way - best of luck to the young lads getting a chance to become a professional sportsman.
brianb (National) - 20/08/2026 09:31:45
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To monaghanmad4567: "Monaghan Starting lineup fully fit
1-Beggan
2-Ronan Boyle
3-Ryan o Toole
4-Dylan Byrne
5- Louis Kelly
6-Dessie Ward
7- Conar mc carthy
8- Micheal mc carville
9- FIND SOMEONE over 6ft 4!
10- oisin mc gorman
11-Mick bannigan
12-Ryan Mc anespie
13-andrew woods
14-Gary Mohan
15-Max mc ginnity
KEY SUBS:
Tom Doherty
Mooneys?
Karl gallagher
Niall Mc kenna ( called up )
Conor Boyle ( get him back)" That big lad Oneill from Clare midfield for truagh could be an option if it was possible.
GaaMonaghanFan11111 (National) - 20/08/2026 09:33:50
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Great GAA Songs - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "I saw a video recently of young fella singing it from phone after club victory.
That's pretty depressing really..." Our young lads were singing it on the bus to and from a tournament. I lost it. We've our own songs and stories.
Doylerwex (National) - 20/08/2026 09:46:16
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